Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life

A practical guide to controlling attention and overcoming distraction by the author of Hooked. Reveals that external triggers aren't the root cause of distraction—internal psychological triggers are—and provides a comprehensive system for becoming indistractable.

Zero Procrastination: A Handbook to Remove Procrastination, Increase Efficiency and Boost Your Productivity

A self-help and productivity book focused on overcoming procrastination, improving personal efficiency, and boosting productivity. While it can be useful for startup founders as a general productivity aid, it is not a core or canonical startup/entrepreneurship book like “Zero to One” or similar must-read founder texts.

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

David Allen's revolutionary productivity system for achieving stress-free effectiveness through capturing, clarifying, organizing, and reviewing all commitments.

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

A groundbreaking exploration by New York Times reporter Charles Duhigg of the science behind habit formation and how understanding habits can transform businesses, organizations, and lives.

Habit Stacking: 127 Small Actions That Take Five Minutes or Less

Presents 127 micro-habits to build productivity routines. Useful for busy startup founders to enhance efficiency through small, stackable changes.

Start Finishing: How to Go from Idea to Done

Charlie Gilkey's practical framework for overcoming creative blocks and finishing important projects.